Private revelation does not have the foundational importance of public revelation, but it often serves to bring to the fore or to greater public recognition particular aspects of public revelation.Thursday, August 25, 2016

A regular participation in the Sacrament enables us to fine tune from time to time our moral compass, to deepen our awareness of the destructiveness of sin and the endless generosity of the Love that God is.Wednesday, March 30, 2016

The rest of my response to the question is really a scriptural reflection on the works of mercy, and it can be summarized in this fashion: “Be all you can be as Christ’s holy body!”Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Either one abandons the ecumenical enterprise, which would be in my judgment not only ecclesially irresponsible but sinful, or one keeps going with great patience and absolute confidence in the Holy Spirit.Friday, February 5, 2016

Q: I am confused on the death penalty. In the Catechism (2266) it says: “traditional teaching....has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime, not excluding....the death penalty.” Of course, I understand, it is a very rare option, says Pope John Paul II. But the window of absolute necessity, though small, is open, right?Thursday, January 7, 2016

Q: The reading on Oct. 4 from Genesis says “The Lord says, it is not good for the man to be alone.” So why does the Catholic Church feel priests should not marry? Is that not going against God’s word? The Greek Orthodox say their religious leaders have to marry to be ordained. An explanation please.

Q — When Jesus shared his last meal with his followers, did the bread and wine become Jesus in the same way we understand that it becomes Jesus today? One person put it this way — “Did transubstantiation take place at the last supper?”